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2003-01-22 Axis of Evil

35,000 British troops heading for the Gulf... and he doesn't like it.

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Posted by Awkward Porcupine 2003-01-22 02:00 pm|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Well, until the first bomb drops, war is not the only option.

I think that, if nothing else, we needed a workup like this for the military. It's been twelve years and the staff weenies are going to get a lot of work out of learning from this buildup. We're learning logistical lessons without the pressure of a deadline. Lessons learned under pressure have a habit of killing troops. So, the build up is a good thing no matter what else happens.

And I still think Saddam gets Excedrin Headache number .45.

Posted by Chuck 2003-01-22 12:06:00|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-01-22 12:06:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Cheese, people, the NOKs are China's problem. Not to mention their stalking horse. "China is to North Korea as teeth are to lips."

Wanna start a war with a country containing around 1/5 of the human species? One that is and has been nuclear armed with working delivery systems? Does the name MacArthur ring a bell?

Posted by mojo 2003-01-22 12:07:38|| 2003-01-22 12:07:38|| Front Page Top

#3 "Pyongyang has them (nukes), so the US leaves it alone; Baghdad does not yet have them, so it's set to get invaded."

Yep, that pretty much covers it. So we crush Saddam to make sure he doesn't get nukes, and then destroy the current regime in NK by indirect means.

Who said that the left-right divide is unbreachable?

Posted by Patrick Phillips 2003-01-22 12:51:44|| 2003-01-22 12:51:44|| Front Page Top

#4 The Bushies will start talking to the NKors. And talking. And talking. And talking, until the last NKor slave is eaten by the NKor army, and they will have to serve Dear Leader for dinner.

Posted by Peter 2003-01-22 14:00:20|| 2003-01-22 14:00:20|| Front Page Top

#5 Dear Leader won't be eaten by his army, he'll have his army eat those put on KP one by one. Then the last NKOR soldier will be eaten by the last NKOR leader.

Posted by Tresho 2003-01-22 19:11:54|| 2003-01-22 19:11:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Just don't make the mistake of thinking NKor's hereditary dictator is the one in charge. I'd guess there's a considerable amount of infighting going on in the politburo right now. I also think that when Dear Leader goes, it'll be overnight - he'll die in bed, but there won't be a postmortem. It could be this year, too...

No evidence, just a feeling.

Posted by Fred 2003-01-22 22:46:27|| 2003-01-22 22:46:27|| Front Page Top

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